Jacob is 5! Layout

After starting this layout on Saturday, I ran out of steam and didn't touch it on Sunday, but I finally managed to finish it up today by adding fibers to the tags, stamping the title, and finding some cute embellishments that went with our buddy Jacob's favorite things when he was 5. I had only used the alphabet stamp set for the title three times since I bought it in 2012, so I am glad I pulled it out and gave it some love!

Recipe:
Hero Alphabet & Starter Alphabet stamp sets
Dream Maker, Fresh Paint, Pumpkin Spice, Skylark, Something Fierce & Sweet Safari papers
Capri cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Peach, Poppy, Glacier, Capri, Lagoon & Bluebird ink
Fineliner pen (iBayam)
Baker's twine
Spring Harmony Sassy Strands
White Acrylic hearts
Blue's Clues, Cars & Spiderman stickers (Sandylion)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: tags
Pattern: Posted on Scrapbook.com, unknown origin

Challenges: Neglected Stuff May Challenge - I used the title stamp set from 2012, and the stickers (paw print, car, Spiderman) are from 2004-2008; Colorful Options Star Wars Day color palette - my red is a little too dark but I tried to get the colors as close as possible!

Hello Grade 8 Layout for Lasting Memories #749

It's Sunday, so it's time for a Lasting Memories challenge, and it's also the weekend of National Scrapbook Day, so I hope you all are getting a chance to scrap and preserve some memories! Let's get to the Lasting Memories challenge. Our theme this month is Tic Tac Toe, and I went with the top row of Metal + 2 photos + Banner. Even though NSD is only one day, our LM challenges last all month, so please hop on over to our blog and check out the challenges!

Here's the board:

And here's my layout. I used my 8th grade school pictures. Gotta love the flip hair and the tiny smile to try to hide my braces!

Recipe:
Atomic Caps & Numbers stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Collection (American Crafts)
Cardstock (I used lots of leftover pieces from other layouts for the stars and scalloped borders, so I am not sure what all the cardstock colors are)
Black ink
Banner grosgrain ribbon
Oh happy Day Thickers (Simple Stories)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Star pounch (EK Success)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: large and medium stars
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped borders
Pattern: Stick It Down May single page sketch from Facebook Group

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself  #136 Use scallops + a picture of myself

4th Grade {Elliot} Layout

Happy National Scrapbook Day! I've been scrapping away, so here is one of the layouts I completed, featuring the 4th grade school portrait of my second son. He 's now 20, so I guess it was time to get his elementary school album done, which is my goal this month.

Recipe:
It's Your Day & Picture Perfect stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media Collection (American Crafts)
Fundamentals papers
Eggplant, Sapphire & White Daisy cardstock
Eggplant, Sapphire & Whisper ink
Fineliner pen (iBayam)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Blue Enamel & Glitter Duos dots
Swiss Dot grosgrain ribbon
3-D foam tape
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title, camera
Pattern: A Cherry on Top NSD - Janet's Friday Sketch challenge (not sure where she got it)

Challenges: Color my Heart Color Dare #650

Award Layout

My third layout for National Scrapbooking Day! We were so proud of my son Elliot for winning the perseverance award in third grade. He has ADHD, so school was hard for him, which made this a great achievement!

Recipe
Blue Ribbon stamp set
School Days paper (MME)
Good Times paper
Sweet Leaf, Brown Bag, Journey & White Daisy cardstock
Sweet Leaf, Brown Bag & Chocolate ink
Fineliner pen (iBayam)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: hexagons
Cricut Artistry cartridge: arrow circle
Cricut Simply Sweet cartridge: title
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #101

Challenges: Little Red Wagon #805 Use stash items - everything on here is from my stash; The Male Room #197 Masculine + Geometric

{3rd Grade] Picnic Layout

Another layout for Elliot's school album! I used the primary opposite colors of green, orange, and purple as my main colors, with a mix of stamped hearts and pre-made ephemera for embellishments.

Recipe:
Whooo's Your Valentine stamp set
Happy Trails paper (Simple Stories)
Laughing Lola paper
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Sage, Purple Pansy & White Daisy cardstock
Nectarine, Green Apple, Thistle & Black ink
Black marker
Reasons to Smile ephemera & puffy stickers (American Crafts)
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
School Is Cool ephemera icons (Bella Blvd)
Purple Glitter Gems
Cricut Artistry cartridge: title
Cricut Artiste cartridge: hearts
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #90

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #73 Anything Goes with green and/or white hearts

Disney on Ice Layout

National Scrapbook Day is tomorrow, so I made a deal with my hubby that I get to scrapbook all weekend, starting today, and he would take care of everything around the house - woohoo! A fellow scrapper recommended checking out the NSD challenges on A Cherry on Top, so I am going to complete as many as possible, starting with this sketch challenge from Janet (see the sketch below). I liberated a Frozen sticker book from my daughter when I found it languishing under her bed, and since she is now 17 and no longer interested in Frozen, it was a great find to add to my layout, along with some super old paper strips from a Creative Memories Short Cuts Pack (anyone remember those?) and a few stamps. I usually take days to create a layout, so I love that I finished this one in just three hours!

Recipe:
January Word Puzzle (2009) & Cherish the Day (2013) stamp sets
Short Cuts papers (CM)
Raspberry & White Daisy cardstock
Rasberry, Journey & Versamark ink
Fineliner pens (iBayam)
White gel pen (Sakura)
Frozen sticker book (Innovative Designs)
Purple Glitter Gems
Flower punch (EK Success)
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Cricut Design Space: title using Quarter Note Font
Pattern: A Cherry on Top NSD - Janet's Friday Sketch challenge (not sure where she got it)

Challenges: Retro Rubber Challenges #253 Tic Tac Toe board - I used the middle column with die cuts/punches + flowers + sequins/gems. My stamps are from 2009 snowflakes) and 2013 (ticket)

Capture It All Layout

I decided to finish up a few more layouts for my son's elementary school album, so here is one of a Halloween celebration where the kids dressed up as famous figures. They also decorated their classroom door with kites they had made, so I stamped diamond shapes on the orange cardstock to tie that in with the costume parade. My colors aren't quite traditional Halloween colors, but seemed right for a school page. Hope you agree! 

Recipe:
Geometric Backgrounds stamp set
March - April 2021 Mix In papers
Bluebird, Canary, Nectarine & Kraft cardstock
Bluebird, Canary, Nectarine & Candy Apple ink
Bold & Bright Thickers (American Crafts)
Field Trip ephemera (American Crafts)
Top Dog Shape Sprinkles - tiny stars (Doodlebug Designs)
Sunbeam embossing folder
Circle Double Stitched steel die (Art Impressions)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: stars
Pattern: Splitcoast Stampers Sketch15April1

Challenges: Color My Heart Color Dare #649 - I managed to get all the colors in, although my purple (on the journaling spot) is a little dark.

Seussical Layout for Lasting Memories #748

It's time for another Lasting Memories challenge, the last one for April. Design Team member Jill picked out a sketch for us to follow. It's one I used before many years ago (see here), but this time I subbed in a journaling spot for one of the photos. I also was asked to be a guest designer for Heart's Quest Challenge Blog, with their current challenge to use green or white hearts. I re-discovered a package of white acrylic hearts while rummaging through my stash, so it was fun figuring out how to use them. This layout is actually a companion layout to one I finished in 2018, and it was a bit of a challenge finding the same supplies I used back then, so I guess you could say I had three challenges for this layout - LOL! Here's my layout:

Here's the sketch:

Recipe:
Peace Patterned paper (Bella Blvd)
Loves Me patterned paper (SU)
Cotton Candy & Saddle cardstock
Cotton Candy & Saddle ink
Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
White acrylic hearts
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits ephemera (Simple Stories)
Cotton Candy washi tape
Blush ric-rac
Pom-poms (Creatology)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: hearts
Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #73 Anything Goes + I chose the option of white hearts.

Birthday Girl Layout

Needing some inspiration for scrapping photos of my daughter's birthday party, I checked out some crafty challenges for help. This week, the theme from Crafty Catz is feminine birthday - perfect! Next, the Alphabet Challenge Blog was asking us to choose a letter of the alphabet and build a theme around it, so I pulled a sparkly chipboard B out of my stash because it stands for Birthday and Brianna, my daughter's name. The As You See It challenge was to use discontinued tools that we still love, and I immediately knew I wanted to use my old Cricut Expression to cut some die-cuts. Even though I have an Explore Air and enjoy using Design Space online, sometimes it's nice to be able to just pull out my old cartridges and rummage through looking for images without having to fire up Design Space on the computer. As long as this 'legacy" machine keeps chugging along, I will continue to use it! Thanks for all the inspiration from these fun crafting sites.

Recipe:

Background Builders stamp set

Molly papers (Bella Blvd)

Crystal Blue, Raspberry, Ballerina, Canary & White Daisy cardstock

Raspberry, Ballerina & Canary ink

Ink Blue fineliner pen (iBayam)

Blue chipboard B (from my stash, source unknown)

Telling Our Story adhesive brads & chipboard (Echo Park)

Reasons to Smile washi tape

Rhinestone stickers (Recollections)

Pink baker's twine (American Crafts)

3-D foam tape

Cuttlebug flower embossing folder

Heart stencil (Scrapbook.com)

Cricut Artiste cartridge: birthday girl, gift bag

Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers, doily

Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #92

Science Fair Project Layout

I took a detour from working on snow themed layouts from our Mammoth vacation to go back to my son's science fair project from 2014. Since I hadn't played along with Color My Heart's color dares for a while, I decided to try using their color scheme with orange and green plus neutrals, and I  am pretty happy with how it turned out, although I kept wanting to add blue because of my son's attire!

Recipe:
Everyday Celebrations, Dotty for You & Basic Paper Fundamentals papers
Nectarine & Chocolate cardstock
Nectarine, Chocolate & Sweet Leaf ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner marker (iBayam)
My Crush Wildwood Assortment journaling card
Chocolate brads
My Happy Place Shape Sprinkles (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Design Space: hexagons, hearts, circles, squares
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #100

Challenges: Heart's Quest Challenge Blog #72 

 Color My Heart Color Dare #647

Days to Remember {April 2018] Layout for Lasting Memories #747

Hello everyone. Hope you all had a blessed Easter and didn't eat too much chocolate! I was able to get some scrapbooking in after church and lunch with the family, so here's what I came up with. This week's Lasting Memories challenge is a favorite sketch from Design Team member Lisa, and  I meant to get my layout done in time for the reveal yesterday, but no such luck. However, I did get inspired this morning and was able to complete it, so here it is.

I included a third photo in a pocket behind the two photos:

And here is the sketch (the challenge is open through 5/3, so click the link above to check it out and play along):

Recipe:
Simple Stitches, Besties - Zoey & Buddies - Joey stamp sets
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper (American Crafts)
Field Trip Journaling Pad paper (American Crafts)
Floral papers (from my stash, source unknown)
Tulip, Glacier, Chocolate, Hollyhock, Slate, Sky, Sage & White Daisy cardstock
Tulip, Sky, Twilight, Gypsy & Black ink
Black marker
ShinHan Touch Twin markers
Telling Our Story Adhesive Brads & Chipboard (Echo Park)
Freshly Baked enamel dots
Spring Fun Scrapbooking kit - stickers (KI Memories)
3-D foam tape
Besties - Zoey & Buddies - Joey Thin Cuts
Mini flower punch (EK Success)
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: flowers, branch
Challenges: Let's Craft and Create #218 AG + add flowers (grabbed my bag of pre-cut but unused Cricut cut flowers and used a bunch on this layout!); Neglected Stuff April challenge (my neglected stuff is the boy and girl Thin Cuts and stamps that I have only used once since I got them in 2022, plus the stitching stamp, the days to remember and tab stickers, and the two pieces of floral paper, all sitting in my stash for 10-15 years!); The Outlawz Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone April challenge; Unicorn Challenges #108 Use Dies (used 2 Thin Cut dies to cut out the boy and girl, and also used a bunch of die cut flowers and a leafy branch that were cut on my Cricut)

Snow Play Layout

Although it never snows where we live, I have scrapbooked a surprising number of snow themed layouts. What surprised me even more is that I have never titled one Snow Play (at least since I started my blog in 2009). So I guess this layout title is past due! The photos were taken on the third day of our 2018 Mammoth vacation. After cutting out the circle photos, I used the leftover scraps to cut out the title and the snowflakes on my Cricut. I don't think I have done this with photos since before I got my first Cricut, so it was a fun technique to use again, and I love that the snow pattern gives a little more interest than plain white cardstock.

Recipe:
Fresh Air papers
New England Ivy cardstock
Vellum
New England Ivy, Toffee & Glacier ink
Simply White Nuvo Drops
Cricut Artiste cartridge: title
Cricut Accent Essentials cartridge: snowflakes
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #78 turned upside down

Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #328 Starts with a C - my C is circles; I used six circle photos and a patterned paper circle.

Mammoth Vacation Layout

This week, I went back and worked on my intro page for our Mammoth vacation. I used some old papers gifted me by a neighbor, and I actually love the pink and brown color combo with some added touches of blue and orange. Hope you like it, too.

On another note, ever since I got a new computer, the very old software I use to stitch together the scans of my layout has not been working well. Somedays, I can get it to work fine, but other days, it tells me I don't have enough memory to do anything! If you have a great suggestion for stitching together scanned halves of layouts, please let me know, because I am getting super frustrated (and don't even get me started on the challenge of putting a double page layout on a 24"x12" canvas)!

Recipe:
Friendship Alphabet Small stamp set
Patterned papers (name and source unknown, given to me by a friend)
Goldrush, Cocoa, Carolina & White Daisy cardstock
Goldrush & Cocoa ink
Burnt Sienna fineliner pen (iBayam)
Candid Moments PML cards
Brown grosgrain ribbon (Offray)
Cricut You Are here cartridge: title
Art philosophy cartridge: banner, scalloped borders
Various Cricut cartridges and punches: snowflakes
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #33

Challenges: Challenge YOUrself #136 Use Scallops + include a photo of yourself (obviously I used more photos than just of me, but I love the photo of me cuddling the stuffed animal); Unicorn Challenges #108 Use Dies (hopefully die-cuts done on a machine count, because I used a bunch!); A Cut Above April challenge Anything Goes with a die-cut (banner, title, snowflakes, scalloped borders); Neglected Stuff Challenges April challenge (my neglected stuff is the pink and brown patterned papers a neighbor gave me when she moved in 2014 - they have been sitting in my stash ever since); Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone April challenge

Dr. Seuss Day Layout

This cute photo is from Dr. Seuss Day in 2018, and I enjoyed mixing a few die-cuts that I created in Cricut Design Space with some school themed and floral ephemera to make a fun layout commemorating the day. The hat, fish, and journaling are inspired by my daughter's childhood favorite, the Cat in the Hat!

It's kind of hard to see in the scan above, but I added some Liquid Glass raindrops in the upper corner to represent the cold, cold wet day!

Recipe:
My Happy Place papers (Doodlebug Designs)
Raspberry, Lagoon, Goldrush, Candy Apple, Black & White Daisy cardstock
Raspberry, lagoon, Goldrush & Black ink
Black marker
White gel pen (Sakura)
DE Monograms chipboard
Reasons to Smile ephemera (American Crafts)
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits (Simple Stories)
Liquid Glass
Scalloped scissors (CM)
Cricut Design Space: hat, fish
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Challenges: Let's Craft & Create #218 anything goes + flowers; Double Trouble Challenges #188 Spring Showers Recipe: Thing 1 = 3 colors of the rainbow + 2 die-cuts + 1 scene (mine is the fish + the corner that I cut using scalloped scissors to represent water) and Thing 3: Liquid Glass raindrops for the cold, wet day from Cat in the Hat

Elliot's Adoption Day Layout for Lasting Memories #745

This month's challenges at Lasting Memories are all about sketches, one of my favorite scrapbooking techniques, and this week I got to choose the sketch. I selected one that I created and have used eight times in my albums over the years, but this time I only used the right side, which I rotated to the left. After looking at my photos on the page, I decided to also center them for a more balanced look. I love that sketches can be so versatile, don't you? Please join us over at Lasting Memories to see the sketches and to add your own take on them!

Here's my single page layout. Fun Fact: the attorney's clerk spelled my son's new name incorrectly on his adoption papers, but it was only when I registered him for high school that we noticed his name on his birth certificate was listed with a double L on the end, not one as we requested - oops! We had to jump through lots of hoops to get his name changed on all his records so he could get a driver's license. I decided to use the spelling we chose on all his layouts because that's what we really wanted.

And here's the sketch I based it on:

Recipe:
Feel So Blessed stamp set
She's Magic paper (American Crafts)
My Happy Place papers & sticker
Juniper, Pixie & Sage cardstock
Juniper & Cotton Candy ink
Black marker
Bubblegum Hearts Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Cricut Artistry cartridge: hearts
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: scalloped border
Challenges: Cut It Up Challenges #327 Die-cuts + anything but a card; Unicorn Challenge Blog #108 Use dies (mine were the hearts and scalloped border)

On the Slopes {at Mammoth} for Lasting Memories #744

It's time for Lasting Memories' first challenge of April (a little early but I don't imagine anyone will complain!), and this month we will be featuring favorite sketches of the design team. This week, Sandy chose a Scrapbook Generation sketch that features 6 photos, so I decided to scrapbook pictures from a trip to Mammoth my family took in spring 2018. I had to adapt it a tiny bit, but you can still tell I used the sketch. I love how it all came together, and hopefully have inspired you to go check out the challenge - just click on the link above and join us!

Here's my layout:

And here's the sketch:

Recipe:
Love These People and This & That stamp sets
Traditional Christmas papers (KI Memories)
Magic Moments Scrapbooking kit papers & stickers
Dutch Blue, Barn Red & White Daisy cardstock
Dutch Blue, Pixie, Hollyhock & Sweet Leaf ink
Dutch Blue marker
Bold & Bright ephemera (American Crafts)
Cupcake Heart Puffy Shapes (Doodlebug Designs)
Paper crimper (Fiskars)
Cricut You Are Here cartridge: title
Challenges: Love Those Pretty Papers Anything Goes using patterned papers (I used up a whole sheet of paper plus some large scraps on this layout); Inkspirational #338 (this is always a little challenging to figure out when I'm scrapbooking, but hopefully "adventure awaits together" and "you've got this" count as sentiments)

Thor & Huxley Layout

These two pictures of my pets were taken in the same month but not the same day, but I scrapped them together because I loved the way both pets seemed to be looking straight at me! I couldn't decide on a place to put my journaling (two things I copied from my Facebook posts about these two photos), so I popped up the photo mat to create a pocket for each bit of journaling.

Here are the journaling cards:

Recipe:
Magnolia papers (MME)
Fur Baby 6x8 paper pad (Simple Stories)
Star Spangled Blue, Nectarine, Sundance, Paprika, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Star Spangled Blue & Nectarine ink
Star Spangled Blue & Black marker
Embossing pen
Clear embossing powder
Sweet Leaf grosgrain ribbon
Green washi tape (from my stash, source unknown)
Timberline Assortment wooden shape
Charmalong key charm (Bead Landing)
Gold eyelets (Making Memories)
Chloe sticker & Ciao Chip chipboard (Bella Blvd)
Fur Baby - Dog chipboard (Simple Stories)
3-D foam tape
Scalloped border punch (Fiskars)
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: sun, &
Cricut Art Philosophy cartridge: butterflies
Pattern: Sketch-n-Scrap #314 (includes the recipe found below - my thing found in the sky is the sun, and my spring thing is butterflies))

Challenges: Anything Goes in a Card Free Zone; Neglected Stuff March challenge (I used a super old paper pack called Magnolia, not sure of the date but probably been in my stash for 15+ years) 

Together {Easter Sunday 2018} Layout for LM #743

Hi everyone. I've been scrapping up a storm this week, and it's Sunday again, so here is my latest layout along with my design team reveal for Lasting Memories. In keeping with our Going in Circles theme, the challenge was to use circular ephemera or stamped images to embellish your layout. I chose to use some Easter photos from 2018 (love seeing my family all dressed up) and used stamped circles and embossed cardstock circles. If you would like to check out this or any of the other circle themed challenges for this month, click on the link above before the challenges end on March 29.

Recipe:
Connections stamp set
Watercolor paper (Recollections)
Vicki Boutin Mixed Media paper pad (American Crafts)
Flamingo, Toffee, Pear & White Daisy cardstock
Flamingo, Toffee, Creme Brulee, Gypsy & Lilac Mist ink
Heartstrings Sentiment Bits ephemera (Simple Stories)
Telling Our Story chipboard (Echo Park)
Wicker Weave embossing folder (Cuttlebug)
Cricut Design Space: bunnies
Cricut Artbooking cartridge: frame, grass
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #67 (rotated left)

Challenges: Can You Handle the Pressure? Anything Goes (I used the Wicker Weave embossing folder from Cuttlebug on my circles - love the added texture); Cut It Up #326 Colors of Spring; Inspiration Station #71 - I was inspired to add two bunnies to my layout!

Celebrate {Aerospace Birthday} Layout

This must be my week to do birthday layouts, because my last layout was my son's birthday, and now I scrapped the first birthday of our friend's son. For this layout, I had pulled out three old CTMH scrapbooking kits, but the celebrate sticker on the Party Time kit kind of jumped out at me, so I put the other kits away and used this one. The rocket ship stamp is also from an old CTMH set, and I debated coloring it in, but the layout is already pretty busy so in the end I left it as its. What do you think? Should I go back and add some color?

Names are removed for privacy reasons.

Recipe:
Outta This World stamp set
Party Time papers & stickers
Glacier & Green apple cardstock
Sunny Yellow, Lagoon, Sapphire & Green Apple ink
Prussian Blue fineliner pen
Cricut Artiste cartridge: rocket ship
Pattern: EMS Sketch Challenge #118

Challenges: My Time to Craft #556 Celebrate someone special; Park Hopping My Happy Place - the rocket ship reminds me of the ones in Tomorrowland at Disneyland!